Fedora 42: libtpms Important CVE-2026-21444 Security Advisory
fedora
January 18, 2026
Upgrade to libtpms 0.10.2 fixing CVE-2026-21444
Summary
A library providing TPM functionality for VMs. Targeted for integration
into Qemu.
Update Information:
Upgrade to libtpms 0.10.2 fixing CVE-2026-21444
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Fri Jan 2 2026 Stefan Berger
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2426838 - CVE-2026-21444 libtpms: return of wrong initialization vector when certain symmetric ciphers are used
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2426838
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-14ecf2c0cd' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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Name: libtpms
Product: Fedora 42
Version: 0.10.2
Release: 1.fc42
Summary: Library providing Trusted Platform Module (TPM) functionality
Topics Covered
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